# 1940 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1940 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses.

## Offseason

* December 8, 1939: Al Simmons was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 90 | 64 | .584 | — | 50‍–‍29 | 40‍–‍35 |
| Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | .578 | 1 | 51‍–‍30 | 38‍–‍35 |
| New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | .571 | 2 | 52‍–‍24 | 36‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 | 45‍–‍34 | 37‍–‍38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 | 41‍–‍36 | 41‍–‍36 |
| St. Louis Browns | 67 | 87 | .435 | 23 | 37‍–‍39 | 30‍–‍48 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | .416 | 26 | 36‍–‍41 | 28‍–‍49 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 100 | .351 | 36 | 29‍–‍42 | 25‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1940 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 11–11 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 13–9 |
| Chicago | 11–11 | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 12–10 |
| Cleveland | 14–8 | 16–6 | — | 11–11 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 13–9 |
| Detroit | 11–11 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 18–4–1 | 16–6 |
| New York | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 17–5 |
| Philadelphia | 4–18 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 8–14 |
| St. Louis | 10–12 | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | 4–18–1 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 11–11 |
| Washington | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 5–17 | 14–8 | 11–11 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Frankie Hayes | 136 | 465 | 143 | .308 | 16 | 70 |
| 1B | Dick Siebert | 154 | 595 | 170 | .286 | 5 | 77 |
| 2B | Benny McCoy | 134 | 490 | 126 | .257 | 7 | 62 |
| SS | Al Brancato | 107 | 298 | 57 | .191 | 1 | 23 |
| 3B | Al Rubeling | 108 | 376 | 92 | .245 | 4 | 38 |
| OF | Wally Moses | 142 | 537 | 166 | .309 | 9 | 50 |
| OF | Bob Johnson | 138 | 512 | 137 | .268 | 31 | 103 |
| OF | Sam Chapman | 134 | 508 | 140 | .276 | 23 | 75 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Dee Miles | 88 | 236 | 71 | .301 | 1 | 23 |
| Bill Lillard | 73 | 206 | 49 | .238 | 1 | 21 |
| Joe Gantenbein | 75 | 197 | 47 | .239 | 4 | 23 |
| Al Simmons | 37 | 81 | 25 | .309 | 1 | 19 |
| Hal Wagner | 34 | 75 | 19 | .253 | 0 | 10 |
| Fred Chapman | 26 | 69 | 11 | .159 | 0 | 4 |
| Crash Davis | 73 | 67 | 18 | .269 | 0 | 9 |
| Earle Brucker | 23 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 0 | 2 |
| Elmer Valo | 6 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Wallaesa | 6 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 2 |
| Eric Tipton | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Dario Lodigiani | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Hancken | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Johnny Babich | 31 | 229.1 | 14 | 13 | 3.73 | 94 |
| Nels Potter | 31 | 200.2 | 9 | 14 | 4.44 | 73 |
| George Caster | 36 | 178.1 | 4 | 19 | 6.56 | 75 |
| Buck Ross | 24 | 156.1 | 5 | 10 | 4.38 | 43 |
| Porter Vaughan | 18 | 99.1 | 2 | 9 | 5.35 | 46 |
| Phil Marchildon | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.20 | 4 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Chubby Dean | 30 | 159.1 | 6 | 13 | 6.61 | 38 |
| Bill Beckmann | 34 | 127.1 | 8 | 4 | 4.17 | 47 |
| Herman Besse | 17 | 53.0 | 0 | 3 | 8.83 | 19 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Ed Heusser | 41 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4.99 | 39 |
| Les McCrabb | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 4 |
| Carl Miles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 6 |
| Pat McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Toronto Maple Leafs | International League | Tony Lazzeri |
| A | Williamsport Grays | Eastern League | Fresco Thompson |
| B | Wilmington Blue Rocks | Interstate League | Chief Bender and Charlie Berry |
| D | Federalsburg A's | Eastern Shore League | Sam Nisonoff and Joe Maynard |